St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-25
Queen Kapiolani's Departure to Her
Island Not Marked by Enthusi-
astic Demonstrations.
Unexpected Courtesies Extended by the
Spreckles Family---The Queen Rides
Home Free of Charge.
Talk Of Telegraph Communication With
the Islands---Steamship Ser
vice on the Coast.
The Trip Of the Garrett Boys---A Real
Estate Boom and a Di-
V0rce Suit.

| V0rCe Suit.
Special to the Globe.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-QueeI
Kapiolanis arrival here on her return
to her island kingdom was not made
with the eclat that her arrival here en-
route to Europe was made. She was
not in any mood to receive attentions.
even if any had been proffered, but she
was not put to the trouble of refusal
She arrived late at night and left the
next afternoon, all her time during this
short interval being utilized in getting
ready for her embarkatiOn ON the
| steamer Australia. 1t was with feel
ing of great relief that she placed lIer
foot on board the vessel on the last stage
of her voyage homeward. What she
will encounter on her arrival at Homo
| lulu is as great mystery to-day
as it was ten days ago. Nothing new
| has been received since the arrival of
the Australia from the Hawaii islands
on the 18th inst. No news, however, is
looked upon as good news in this in
stance, as had any startling develop
ment taken place in the interim a Spe-
cial steamer would have been sent to
San Francisco with the news. Matters
in all probability have been comprO-
| missed on peace basis. Neither the queen
nor any of her suit would in any way
discuss Hawaiian affairs, and numerous
attempts to interview the members of
the royal party were barren of results.
Considering the stories which have
been
WIDELY CIRCULATED
to put it as mildly as possible, which
exists between King Kalakana and the
Spreckles family, the action of the
latter in the matter of the queens pas
sage to Honolulu will cause some sur
prise. When Consul Mckinley went to
the Office of the Oceanic Steamship COM
pany to engage passage for her majesty
and suite, he was met by Col. j. d.
SpreckleS, who very generously passed
the queen, her sister. Gov. DOminis and
two others of the party free of charge.
The bridal chamber, which had been
decorated with flowers, was placed at
the disposal of her majesty. The pres
ent complications in Hawaii have again
drawn the attention of the whole Pacific
coast to the advantages which
would accrue to it, and indeed
| ~ bliO NllOlO Oli CtdUCo3 NY
the construction of a cable to
Honolulu and thence to Australia.
Commercial relations between tile
United States and the Hawaiian group
have become SO intimate that tele-
graphic communication is universally
recognized as desirable. A cable to the
Hawaiian islands would not probably
command private capital without the
promise of aid from the government.
but cable to Australia would. A cable
connection with the Australian tele-
graphic system would open a new field
of commercial enterprise, and Australia
and the adjacent islands are continent
of territorial extent. Atpresent mes
sage from San Francisco to these islands
| traverSeS nearly the four quarters of the
Australia is the principal, constitutes
the country of the future. Whether a
cable over this route would pay the first
year or even the second is a matter for
conjecture, but it would certainly
PAY IN THE END,
with back interest OH the necessary in
VeStment. The project of cable line
between Australia and British Colum-
bia has been receiving earnest attention
in both colonies for some time. Mail
service between the United States and
the Australian colonies is at present a
matter of considerable interest, eS-
pecially as there is movement under
way to have the colonial mails delivered
at San Diego, and from that point trans
mitted by the southern rou te to the
east, so as to be in time for certain ocean
steamships. By this route it is believed
that mails can be landed in London
in thirty days from Sydney. The
Canadian Pacific is also making a
strong effort to get the transportation
of Australian mails, but the advantages
afforded by the American route will
probably win. The rumOr which has
been prevalent here for some time past
that the Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany will soon find active competition
in new line of steamers owned and
operated by Marquis De L'Campo, the
wealthiest individual ship owner in the
world, has all the appearances of being
a veritable fact. A well-known mer-
chant in this city has received a letter
from Mazatlan informing him that the
marquis had bought out the Huller line
of steamships, running between San
Diego and Mazatlan. The purchase of
this line, it is thought, is good augury
for the establishment of line to Pan
anna. 1t is said to be well under way,
and now it is proposed to extend the
service. The extension is of the utmost
importance to San Francisco merchants,
as it will enable them to trade direct
with South America.
THREE FINE STEAMSHIP
Of between 5000 and 1000 tons VIII run
from San Francisco to Callao, calling at
Panama for through freight. Then the
fine steamers are to start from Callao
and proceed to Hong Kong and YokO-
hama by way of Honolulu, and they
will connect with still other frst-class
steamships which are run direct from
this port to Hong Kong and Yokohama.
The company will dispatch vessels, so
that quick connection will be made, and
have complete circuit OF cities, among
which valuable trade exists, or can
easily be fostered. The steamers which
are to be placed on the San Francisco
and Chilian-Japan line, it is contended,
will be the fastest on the Pacific ocean.
Speed will be one of the main consider
atiOns, and the passage to Yokohama
will be accomplished in ten days. There
are rumOrS that the AtchiSOn, Topeka
Il Santa Fe company has already
arranged for quick connection with the
line, hoping that it will serve as west
ern extension for the Occidental and
Oriental and the Pacific companies. The
Northern Pacific company has long been
anxious to share with its more FORUM
ately terminal rivals the vast business
arising in and around San Francisco.
With this purpose in view the directors
of the company have been in cOmmuni-
cation with the Pacific Coast Steamship
company for the purpose of securing, if
possible, steamship line between this
city and Tacoma ON terms similar to
those granted the Canadian Pacific. The
negotiations, it is said, have been sue
cessful. The Pacific Coast Steamship
company has set apart two first-claSS
steamers to run exclusively between
THIS CITY AND TACOMA,
and contract, approved by the North